"Lena..." Chris confessed to her, "I-I do indeed know Arya. She's the youngest daughter of the Bayers. Her father is Josiah Bayer, and her mother is Kelly Tanner. The Bayers and the Hamertons have a longstanding friendship, so... Zuko, Toph, and I used to play with Arya when we were kids..."

"Oh..." Lena responded indifferently.

He had not gotten to the point yet!

"There's more!" Chris unraveled the story. "Once... I mean, it's in the past!! The Hamertons indeed wanted to ally with the Bayers, and the intended match was between Arya and me... But listen to me! But that was just the adults' idea, and it had nothing to do with me!"

"Mm."

Although Lena had not looked up, a faint smile began to spread in the depths of her eyes.

"Lena, I didn't mention her before, not because I didn't want to, but because I..." Chris scratched his head, unsure how to proceed.

Should he say it was to prevent her from misunderstanding? That did not seem appropriate. Then she would know he had been plotting to pursue her for a while!

Should he say Arya was not worth mentioning? That also did not seem right, as he just mentioned that he had grown up playing with her...

Just as Chris sighed, Lena finished her pizza and suddenly stood up.

"Lena..."

is it?" She turned her head slightly. "Didn't I tell you what you should call me from now

"Huh?"

added softly, "Als, you haven't finished

he laughed and quickly devoured the entire

"Hey, kid, be careful not to burn your

silly? Swallowing such scalding pizza!'

accompanied Lina back to the Thompson residence with bags

empty-handed. He would give his parents-in-law the stars

the study to play chess while Lina chatted with Linda for a while and was about

downstairs on her

"Lina!"

of them greeted each other with

Renee a

you like it? It's a designer item. Only ten of this style are made. I had someone fly it from overseas for

Renee nodded vigorously.

not that she was not moved, and she had resolved to move on from those dark days. It was just that when

of a criminal, with

she deserve to have this pure

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